Tumour-associated macrophages: versatile players in the tumour microenvironment

ZZ Ji, MKK Chan, ASW Chan, KT Leung… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tumour-Associated Macrophages (TAMs) are one of the pivotal components of the tumour
microenvironment. Their roles in the cancer immunity are complicated, both pro-tumour and …

Zooming in on common immune evasion mechanisms of pathogens in phagolysosomes: potential broad-spectrum therapeutic targets against infectious diseases

A Selvapandiyan, N Puri, P Kumar… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The intracellular viral, bacterial, or parasitic pathogens evade the host immune challenges to
propagate and cause fatal diseases. The microbes overpower host immunity at various …

ATG5 provides host protection acting as a switch in the atg8ylation cascade between autophagy and secretion

F Wang, R Peters, J Jia, M Mudd, M Salemi, L Allers… - Developmental cell, 2023 - cell.com
ATG5 is a part of the E3 ligase directing lipidation of ATG8 proteins, a process central to
membrane atg8ylation and canonical autophagy. Loss of Atg5 in myeloid cells causes early …

[HTML][HTML] Intracellular hydrogelation of macrophage conjugated probiotics for hitchhiking delivery and combined treatment of colitis

J Wang, D Hu, Q Chen, T Liu, X Zhou, Y Xu, H Zhou… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Immune cell membrane coated nanomedicine was developed to neutralize cytokines via
receptor-ligand interaction, which showed potential for the treatment of inflammatory bowel …

Extracellular Vesicles from Campylobacter jejuni CDT-Treated Caco-2 Cells Inhibit Proliferation of Tumour Intestinal Caco-2 Cells and Myeloid U937 Cells: Detailing …

M Montanari, M Guescini, O Gundogdu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) is produced by a range of Gram-negative pathogenic
bacteria such as Campylobacter jejuni. CDT represents an important virulence factor that is …

Plasma membrane abundance dictates phagocytic capacity and functional cross-talk in myeloid cells

BY Winer, AH Settle, AM Yakimov, C Jeronimo… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Professional phagocytes like neutrophils and macrophages tightly control what they
consume, how much they consume, and when they move after cargo uptake. We show that …

H2Se-Evolving Bio-Heterojunctions Promote Cutaneous Regeneration in Infected Wounds by Inhibiting Excessive Cellular Senescence

F Yang, R Shu, W Dai, B Li, C Liu, H Yang… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
Pathogenic infection leads to excessive senescent cell accumulation and stagnation of
wound healing. To address these issues, we devise and develop a hydrogen selenide (H 2 …

Potential targets and mechanisms of photobiomodulation for spinal cord injury

C Ju, YG Ma, XS Zuo, XK Wang, ZW Song… - Neural Regeneration …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
As a classic noninvasive physiotherapy, photobiomodulation, also known as low-level laser
therapy, is widely used for the treatment of many diseases and has anti-inflammatory and …

Inducing a Proinflammatory Response with Bioengineered Yeast Vacuoles with TLR2-Binding Peptides (VacT2BP) as a Drug Carrier for Daunorubicin Delivery

W Choi, WR Shin, YH Kim, J Min - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Immune adjuvants have roles in immune activation for cancer therapy, and adjuvants
derived from microbes have been applied. In this study, we propose the use of …

Neuronopathic Gaucher disease: Rare in the West, common in the East

O Goker‐Alpan, MM Ivanova - Journal of Inherited Metabolic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Gaucher disease (GD) stands as one of the most prevalent lysosomal disorders, yet
neuronopathic GD (nGD) is an uncommon subset characterized by a wide array of clinical …